Rainbow Party

 
 
 
 


Today was our playgroup's 2nd anniversary so we celebrated with a rainbow themed birthday party. I made those rainbow cookie pops and a rainbow cake and had a magic rainbow drink station. The cake was 6 layers with each layer being a different color of the rainbow. It was frosted in white vanilla frosting and then I used Skittles to make a rainbow on top and of course, marshmallows for clouds! The drink station was a huge hit with the kids! I found the KoolAid that is flavored but clear and made a couple of gallons of it. I then split it into my clear pitchers and used food coloring to dye them the primary colors- red, yellow and blue. The kids had a great time mixing their drinks to be their favorite colors. I made a lot of purple! But there were requests for green, orange, red, yellow, blue and a few mixed them all!! Fun!

Our friends also helped by bringing snack foods in the colors of the rainbow: strawberries, watermelon, Tang, bananas, pineapple, green Fruit roll ups, blue tortilla chips, and purple jelly on pb&j sandwiches. We also had rainbow goldfish crackers, figs, and any number of other things that I am sure I am forgetting.

We strung Froot Loops on string to make necklaces, had a pinata, and a bunch of little goodie bag treats including bubbles and sunglasses. All the kids also had leis if they wanted them.

I am exhausted from the heat and carrying all of the party stuff and setting it up, but it was worth it! The kids had a blast!

 
 
 

I'm Fat and It's Tuesday

 

 

 

 

Oh wait. That's not how that is supposed to go. Happy Mardi Gras! *hee hee* We won a party sponsored by Zatarain's from www.houseparty.com and so we threw party #2 in as many days. Phew! I'm exhausted. In the kit that was sent to me was 5 feather masks, beads, doubloons, Jambalaya mix, Red beans and rice mix, Creole mustard, Creole seasoning and root beer extract along with a few coupons. The agreement was that you would make at least one thing with each ingredient. Seriously... ROOT BEER EXTRACT.

So we made sausage and chicken jambalaya, red beans and rice, shrimp gumbo, and I used the Creole seasoning to make Creole shrimp with French baguette. So that left the Creole mustard and root beer extract. For the Creole mustard, I made a veggie dip. It was spicy, but the sour cream tamed it down. And for the root beer extract, I made root beer and then served root beer floats. We also had king cakes (one cinnamon and one chocolate) and Hurricanes.

So everyone must have thought the food was decent because they asked if they could take some home to their spouses. It worked out well. We had tons of leftovers so I am sure to be eating Cajun for at least 1 more meal in the very near future.

The kids loved the horns, hats, beads and eating icecream!

 

 

 

 

Happy NoonYears Eve Party

 

 

 

 

We hosted a NoonYear's Eve party today and invited our friends from our playgroup. It was a lot of fun! We had all sorts of crazy hats and noisemakers and such and counted down to noon instead of staying up until midnight tonight. The kids really enjoyed it! We had lunch before and everyone brought something to share. We had Chick Fil A nuggets, fruit, veggies, brownies, almond pound cake, chex mix, pretzels and crackers, and summer sausage and cheese cubes. It was all so yummy and we had a lot of fun just talking and laughing and letting the kids play. It was my kind of party since the kids were able to enjoy it and no one is overtired the next day since they could go to bed on time and still not miss out!

Happy New Year! I hope 2010 brings much joy and happiness to you and your families!!

Houston, We Have a Problem

Somehow I think you've got your signals switched and you've made us Seattle or London because "it never rains in Texas in the fall." Yeah, right! It's raining cats and dogs and has been for weeks on end it seems. CRAP. Are you sure that we aren't in England? I mean this is what I expected in London, but this is Central Texas! Did you hear me? CENTRAL TEXAS. We have an outdoor party planned for Thursday. I am formulating Plan B and it seems that it will likely become an indoor affair. ARGH. Oh the joys of the Mother Nature!

Green Party!

Today we hosted our playgroup and had a "Green" party. I'm not talking ecofriendly, but it was GREEN! Lots and lots of green foods: green grapes, green apples, green peppers, broccoli, celery, cucumbers, pickles, salad, green M&Ms, chocolate cake with green buttercream icing, green dyed yellow cake with green frosting, sugar cookies with green frosting and drinks. We also had chicken nuggets. Our dips were multicolored so they broke up the green color scheme!


Ian had a ball playing with the kids, especially a little boy named Tommy. They got out almost all of the toys and ate lunch and did a sticker craft. Aaron had a good time, too. He was passed around when he wasn't playing on the floor.


It was a great day and we were so glad to have the company since Bill is gone this week. Hopefully we can do it again soon!